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Inaugural Love College Hoops . . . Beat Cancer Week Set Feb. 21-28

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:44:40 EST

The Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC), together with Coaches vs. Cancer®, a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), today announced the inaugural Love College Hoops....Beat Cancer Week, a fan driven initiative created to support the fight against cancer.

Coaches vs. Cancer Suits & Sneakers Weekend Jan. 29-31

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:34:40 EST

Coaches vs. Cancer® Suits and Sneakers awareness weekend, a collaborative initiative of the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), is slated for the weekend of Jan. 29-31, 2010. Participating NABC member coaches will wear sneakers instead of dress shoes with their suits during weekend games to demonstrate their support for the American Cancer Society and its vision of a world with less cancer and more birthdays. Basketball fans are also encouraged to wear sneakers to games that weekend to show their support.

NCAA� Launches Rebranded Men's Final Four� Fan Event

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:19:12 EST

INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 7, 2009) ---The NCAA today announced the primary fan interactive event at the NCAA Men's Final Four will be revamped and rebranded as Bracket Town refreshed by Coca-Cola Zero®. The new branding of the event, formerly known as Hoop City and made possible with the support of CBS Sports, more closely aligns the five-day fan spectacular with the bracketed tournament structure made famous by the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.

Bracket Town will debut at the 2010 Men's Final Four in Indianapolis and represents a new strategic direction for the NCAA in its evolution of the Men's Final Four experience.

BIRD, MAGIC HIGHLIGHT HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS SET FOR SUNDAY

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:11:58 EST

Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Jud Heathcote, all key figures in the 1979 NCAA® championship game, will be among eight of college basketball's best who will be among the fourth class inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Sunday night at 8 p.m. at the Midland Theatre in Kansas City.

Bird's Indiana State Sycamores lost to Johnson and Michigan State, coached by Heathcote, in that

McKENDREE'S STATHAM WINS 1,000TH GAME

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:39:36 EST

Harry Statham got a congratulatory telephone call from Dean Smith in 2004, the day after he passed the North Carolina legend to become the career men's victory leader. The 72-year-old McKendree University coach wasn't expecting to hear from Tennessee women's coach Pat Summit after becoming the second member of the 1,000-win club and toppling yet another milestone in a 44-year career - all at the same school. "I don't think so," Statham said with a grin. "You welcome all phone calls, and like them all to be positive."

SYRACUSE'S BOEHEIM WINS 800TH GAME

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:53:28 EST

Syracuse University head coach Jim Boeheim became the eighth Division I coach in NCAA history to record 800 career wins as Syracuse defeated Albany, 75-43, in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer Monday night at the Carrier Dome. Boeheim joins Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Phelan, Jim Calhoun and Eddie Sutton as part of the 800-club.

NIU Athletics to Host MILES for MYLES Walk Saturday

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:36:53 EST

NIU athletics will join universities across the nation on Nov. 7 in hosting "Miles for Myles."The 10 a.m. run/walk for cancer awareness will honor Myles Brand, the NCAA President who died of pancreatic cancer Sept. 16.

EA SPORTS^TM Maui Invitational� Names Odom Tournament Chairman

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:44:05 EST

The EA SPORTS^TM Maui Invitational® announced today that longtime former ACC and SEC coach David Odom will assume the role of Tournament chairman currently held by David Gavitt. Gavitt, well-known in basketball circles as the first commissioner of the BIG EAST conference and as an instrumental member of the committee which created the 1992 Olympic Basketball "Dream Team," will remain active in a key advisory role as co-chairman emeriti, along with longstanding former chairman Wayne Duke. Building on this legacy of strong leadership, the Tournament will enter its 26th year of Basketball in Paradise® Nov. 23-25 at Maui's Lahaina Civic Center.

NABC TO SPONSOR DIVISION III SENIOR ALL-STAR GAME

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:14:37 EST

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced today that it will sponsor a senior all-star game to be played as part of the 2010 NCAA® Division III men's basketball championships March 19&20 at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Va."We conduct the Reese's College All-Star game for Division I, played at the Final Four, and sponsor the NABC Division II All-Star game, played at the NCAA Division II championships in Springfield (Mass.)," said NABC Executive Director Jim Haney. "Thanks to the advocacy of two members of our board of directors, Page Moir (Roanoke College) and Charlie Brock (Springfield College), we are very pleased to work with the NCAA to launch this event. Coaches, players and fans of all of basketball, especially in Division III, will benefit from this game."

iHoops Launches Website

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:27:34 EST

iHoops, the official joint youth basketball initiative of the NCAA and the NBA, has launched its web site, iHoops.com, which provides support services and programs for parents, players, coaches, officials, and administrators of youth basketball programs."iHoops.com will serve as an essential resource for the youth basketball community," said Kevin Weiberg, iHoops CEO. "This site will be the definitive online source where everyone intimately involved in youth basketball can find the valuable tools and information they need to succeed."

NABC Announces MILES for MYLES Initiative for Nov. 7

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:48:04 EST

As a tribute to Myles Brand, the NCAA president who died on Sept. 16 as a result of pancreatic cancer, the National Association of Basketball Coaches has created a MILES for MYLES initiative to be conducted on college campuses across the nation on Saturday, Nov. 7, or Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Partners in this initiative are the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the NCAA®.

NCAA PRESIDENT MYLES BRAND DIES AFTER BATTLE WITH CANCER

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:57:25 EST

NCAA President Myles Brand, the first university president to serve as the Association's chief executive and a champion of academic reform, fiscal responsibility and student-athlete well-being, has died from pancreatic cancer. He was 67.

SOONERS' CAPEL, LSU'S JOHNSON AND TERPS' WILLIAMS ELECTED TO NABC BOARD

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:57:02 EST

Head coaches Jeff Capel of the University of Oklahoma, Trent Johnson of Louisiana State University and Gary Williams of the University of Maryland have been elected to the board of directors of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).

NCAA AND NBA NAME YOUTH BASKETBALL INITIATIVE iHOOPS

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:35:58 EST

The NCAA and NBA have named their joint youth basketball initiative iHoops, Kevin Weiberg, iHoops CEO, and Duke University men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski announced today at a press conference prior to Game 3 of The Finals in Orlando. Nike and adidas will serve as founding partners for the initiative, and adidas Vice President of Global Basketball Lawrence Norman and Nike Vice President of Global Sports Marketing John Slusher were on hand to participate in the announcement.

Implus Footcare Partners with NABC

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:38:46 EST

Implus Footcare LLC, one of the world's leading companies in below the ankle footwear accessories, is proud to announce a partnership with their Sof Sole brand of performance footbeds and hosiery and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). As an official partner, Implus will provide Sof Sole products to collegiate basketball coaches around the country and participate in a number of NABC activities including the 2010 NABC convention in Indianapolis, Indiana as part of the 2010 Men's Final Four®.